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Qualitative Report is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Nova Southeastern University.
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ISSN 1052-0147Verify ISSN ↗2160-3715Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Nova Southeastern University
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | 75 / 1434 | 94th | Q1 |
| Education | 449 / 1698 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Social Psychology | 119 / 315 | 62nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.
Qualitative Report is Q1 in Cultural Studies (rank 75 of 1434), Q2 in Education (rank 449 of 1698) and Q2 in Social Psychology (rank 119 of 315), by CiteScore 2025.
Qualitative Report is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 94th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.616, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 68.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$500 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Qualitative Report is published by Nova Southeastern University. Its print ISSN is 1052-0147 and its online ISSN is 2160-3715.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Qualitative Report has an h-index of 115 and a 2-year mean of 2.04 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #59 of 1,309 Scopus journals in Cultural Studies.
Qualitative Report published 112 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 260. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 75 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Indonesia (23.3%), United States (15.3%) and Canada (6.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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